What is spleef in Minecraft?
Spleef is a Minecraft minigame where you break blocks under players. Spleef became a popular game to play inside of Minecraft to keep players entertained. Players start on a large, flat arena floor with a large pit underneath. When the game begins, players rush to break the blocks underneath their opponents so they fall into the pit. The objective of the game is to be the last player standing after all the other players fall down. Spleef was created in 2009 by the players Greenslimy, Pentaclam, and Maulrus, and it gained popularity after Notch, the creator of Minecraft, shared the rules on his blog.
What does spleef mean?
Spleef is the combination of “splat” and “grief.” The first part of the name comes from the noise your character makes when they hit the ground. “Griefing” is a term gamers use to describe when players are trying to annoy or ruin another player’s game. Because you’re destroying the blocks that players are standing on to make them fall, the words got combined and the game became known as Spleef.
How to Play Spleef
Split the players into teams on a spleef arena. You can either play 1-vs-1 for a head-to-head game, in teams of any size, or as a free-for-all to make everyone compete against each other. Spleef arenas can vary in size depending on how many people are playing, but they’re usually made of blocks that are easily destroyed, like snow, wool, leaves, or clay. Spleef arenas usually have a pit of lava underneath them to eliminate players, but it may also be water or another type of block.
Give each player a shovel. A shovel breaks blocks quicker than hitting them without a tool, so make sure every player has one in their inventory. In Creative mode, type in /give @a iron_shovel to give every player in the server an iron shovel to use. If you’re playing in an arena using wool or leaves, give all the players a pair of shears instead. Some spleef games use projectiles, like snowballs or arrows, to destroy blocks instead.
Break the blocks under other players to make them fall. When the game starts, hit the floor blocks with your shovel to remove them and make a hole in the arena. Do your best to chase players around and break blocks underneath them so they fall into the pit below the arena. Players are not allowed to attack each other directly or build new blocks on the arena.
Avoid other people trying to make you fall. As you’re chasing other players and trying to make them fall, watch your step so you don’t fall off the arena too. Jump between blocks and be careful not to get cornered by another player, or else they’ll break the blocks underneath you first.
Win the game if you’re the last person standing. A game of spleef keeps going until only one player is left on the arena and all the other players have fallen down. The lone survivor wins the game! There’s a chance that multiple people are left in the arena but the holes in the floor make it so there’s no way to reach the other players. If this happens, whoever is in the area with the most blocks is the winner instead.
Where to Play Spleef on Minecraft
Purchase a spleef arena world from the Minecraft Marketplace. Minecraft creators make and share worlds that they’ve made on the official marketplace so other users can play on them. Many of the spleef arenas have special features, like automatically resetting the floor when a game is over or spawning directly in the arena. Find an arena that you like, purchase it using Minecoins, and load it up next time you play with friends.
Create your own spleef arena in a creative server. Spleef arenas are usually around 40 x 40 blocks, but you can make them larger or smaller depending on how many people you plan on playing with. Build out the arena floor out of snow, dirt, or another block that’s easy to break and place, and clear out a pit underneath them. Then, just host your server, invite your friends, and start playing! Be sure to provide a chest with shovels so players can easily add one to their inventory. After you finish a game of spleef, you’ll have to manually replace all the floor blocks that were destroyed. However, you may program command blocks to rebuild the floor automatically.
Play through a spleef mission on Minecraft: Story Mode. Minecraft: Story Mode is a standalone adventure game that takes place in Minecraft. In Season 1 Episode 8, the player is brought to The Builder Games and is forced to compete in a spleef match. While you don’t get to play a traditional game of spleef, you’ll have to press the buttons shown on screen to trigger events and make difficult choices about which NPCs to help out. The only way to play Minecraft: Story Mode is if you have a physical copy because the online versions of the game were shut down.
Winning Strategies for Spleef Games
Run backwards toward the walls at the start of a match. As soon as a spleef game begins, back up away from the center of the arena. Players will try to quickly break the blocks in front of and behind you, so moving backwards to your side of the arena is the perfect defensive move to survive early on.
Keep moving around the arena instead of staying still. Once you stop moving, you become a target for your opponents because they’ll rush to break the blocks around you. Run around the arena the entire time so it’s harder for players to predict where you’re going and plan ahead.
Break large sections of blocks to force players to move. As you’re moving around the arena, destroy sections of blocks around you so it’s harder for someone to follow you. Make sure you leave a block or two behind so you have a place to jump to later in the game. Just be careful because your opponents will try to do the same thing.
Destroy blocks under your opponent while they’re jumping. Stand on the other side of a hole in the arena and wait for a player to jump toward you. While they’re still in the air, take a few steps back and break the blocks that they would land on. That way, there’s nothing they can do except fall down into the pit.
Work with a teammate to break blocks in front of and behind players. If you’re playing a team game, partner up with one of your teammates and target another player. While you destroy blocks in front of the player, your teammate can sneak behind them for a surprise attack. Try to target the best player on the other team so they’re eliminated early.
Avoid corners and isolated blocks. When you’re moving around the arena, it’s easy for your opponents to trap you in a corner of the arena or sections of blocks without an escape if you’re not careful. If you’re being forced into a corner, try to run and jump around the other players to find an open space where you’re in less danger.
Stay aware of your surroundings and where your opponents are. As you’re playing, make sure to check the floor underneath you for holes and gaps so you don’t fall into the pit. Keep an eye on the other players and double-check that no one is sneaking up behind you to destroy the blocks you’re standing on.
Practice jumping between spaced-out blocks outside the arena. Late in a spleef game, the arena can be broken apart and you’ll have to jump between them. Take time to learn how far you’re able to jump and how fast you can maneuver between blocks. You could build your own obstacle course of blocks to see how fast you can run and jump between them, or look for lily pads on the water and try jumping between them without falling in.
Spleef Variations
No Jumping Spleef In No Jumping Spleef, there’s no jumping allowed, so you can only run around to avoid falling down. To try out a game, build a stone or wood ceiling that’s just above the players’ heads to prevent them from jumping. If building a ceiling is too much work, just have all the players agree not to jump during the game. If anyone accidentally jumps, they’re out of the round.
Multi-leveled Spleef In this version, the arena has multiple floors before the pit at the bottom. When you fall off of one of the floors, you land on the floor below it and have another chance to break blocks and make your opponents fall. Many times, the various arena floors are made with different materials to add fun visuals, or they have enemy mobs on them to make the game more challenging.
Hard Block Spleef Instead of using snow or another block that’s easy to break, use materials like wood or cobblestone instead. These harder materials take longer to destroy, so it’s more difficult to make other players fall down and it takes more planning to eliminate the other players.
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